Bilic unveils EURO squad
Croatia coach Slaven Bilic has unveiled his 23-man squad for next month's UEFA EURO 2008.
Bilic also called up two additional strikers who will participate in team training between now and the competition's start. The pair - namely Manuel Panic and Anas Sharbini - could be selected to replace a member of the squad up until 24 hours before the first match.
Croatia will face Germany, Austria and Poland in Group B at the continental finals, which are to be held in Austria and Switzerland from 7 to 29 June.
SQUAD
Goalkeepers: Stipe Pletikosa (Spartak Moscow/RUS), Vedran Runje (Lens/FRA), Mario Galinovic (Panathinaikos/GRE)
Defenders: Vedran Corluka (Manchester City/ENG), Dario Simic (AC Milan/ITA), Robert Kovac (Borussia Dortmund/GER), Josip Simunic (Hertha Berlin/GER), Dario Knezevic (Livourne/ITA), Hrvoje Vejic (Tomsk/RUS)
Midfielders: Danijel Pranjic (Heerenveen/NED), Nikola Pokrivac (Monaco/FRA), Niko Kovac (Salzburg/AUT), Luka Modric (Dinamo Zagreb/CRO), Jerko Leko (Monaco/FRA), Ognjen Vukojevic (Dinamo Zagreb/CRO), Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk/UKR), Niko Kranjcar (Portsmouth/ENG), Ivan Rakitic (Schalke/GER)
Strikers: Mladen Petric (Borussia Dortmund/GER), Ivica Olic (Hamburg/GER), Igor Budan (Parma/ITA), Ivan Klasnic (Werder Bremen/GER), Nikola Kalinic (Hajduk Split/CRO)
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